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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
United States • Age 70
Joined myLot 18 years ago
I work with special children in a school setting. Hubby is retired, I am not. I spend a lot of time online and I love myLot.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
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Summer time and no pressing schedule. So I stay up too late.
Then I sleep late in the morning. It was 7:30 a.m. when I got up. Gasp!!
When I go to bed early, like 9 pm. I lay awake forever it seems.
Today I will go out for a...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
25 Jul
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The chocolate almond banana bread turned out moist and tender. It will be good for some quick breakfasts. Better than some of the breakfast bars you can buy.
I have been using pruners, and a tree saw today, for about an hour. I...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
25 Jul
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I start with a basic recipe, and just keep adding things. We always end up with something we will eat, but not necessarily something I would take to a potluck, for instance.
I am working on a breakfast/snack cake right now. I...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
24 Jul
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Because Bob was taking a short nap, I hung out inside. When I did finally go outside it is really too hot to work for long.
I moved some stuff down to the shed, I watered everything and did some repotting.
I also startled a...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
24 Jul
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I will work outside today. I am going to mix up some brush killer solution to deal with the baby trees that come up in odd places and just will not go away. Zogie told me how to do it.
I will do some planting and adding some...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
23 Jul
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They say the best laid plans often go awry, and mine did.
Bob and I are both moving slowly this morning. Then I found I was out of one of the medicines I take, so I went to Dollar General. It is just a supplement.
I also needed...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
23 Jul
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I need to do kitchen things, and outdoor things. I am hoping there is enough space on the shelves for all the food I need to put away.
Going through the things I have is motivating some cooking for later in the year when I go...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
22 Jul
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He has had a soup he wanted to make with butternut squash and shrimp. I decided today was the day, because we had all the stuff ready.
Meanwhile, I have assembled my larger shelf. It actually was easier and is better made.
I...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
22 Jul
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It is approaching 7 a.m. on Monday morning. With the heat, the garbage collections have run earlier. I have one can on the street and need to finish with the rest and get it out there.
My next big plan will be to put the bigger...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
21 Jul
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I wanted three fairly small shelves from Lowes, but they were low on stock in white. I feel like the white shelves would look better. I could have gotten black. They only had two of the small size, and one was chipped on a side...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
21 Jul
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For the last week or so I have been able to get some delicious black grapes at our Dillons (Kroger) store.
When I was very young we had a house that had grapes and some type of berry clear across the back fence.
Both those...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
20 Jul
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If I do not do meal prep for the weekend, our eating during the week suffers.
After supper tonight I put together a chicken salad, using canned white meat chicken. I have not put any dressing on it yet, just got the basics...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
20 Jul
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I know many of you go to thrift stores, resale shops or charity stores just like I do. Just like I did today.
The one closest to me is run by the hospital auxiliary. I have noticed over time that kids tend to come along with...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
19 Jul
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This is Bob, and Jeff. Jeff is his second cousin, I believe. They do not spell their last names the same. We are Echola, Jeff is Ekola. Another branch of the family is Eckola, but they are all related.
Jeff was the big brother...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
18 Jul
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Bob had just gotten back from doing labs and we got a call. He needed to go back, they had not done all that was required. Now he is back home again and napping.
I have some things I need to use up, including some deli sliced...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
17 Jul
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Last week when I shopped I bought some of those little cake shells that you make fancy desserts with. Strawberries were on sale, so I am sure you can see where this is going.
I pretty much always have heavy cream on hand.
We had...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
17 Jul
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Bob had three appointments and a blood draw today. Got them all taken care of, easily and on time.
I did not get here before we left and really have not been here much since getting back.
We stopped at Aldi and got a few things...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
16 Jul
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I know about some of the touristy things in Wichita, Ks. It is my closest big city. This morning I learned it has a troll. Yep, a troll.
If it had not appeared as a note on a google map, I would never would have learned of it. I...
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (159036)
• United States
15 Jul
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If Bob and I did not have each other, we likely would not accomplish much.
Today he went out and bought a bag of quick crete (concrete) as we decided to use the hole we pulled our old mail box out of to put the new one in. And...
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